Violence, Elections, and Party Politics

Summary

Competitive elections, the sine qua non of democratic government, often gives rise to serious bouts of political violence: mob riots, inter-party fighting, and internal wars. The essays collected in this volume evaluate the relationship between terrorist activity and electoral politics. This book was published as a special issue of Terrorism and Political Violence.

Product details

• Authors: Mary Beth Martin Altier
• Assisted by: Mary Beth Altier (Editor), Altier Mary Beth (Editor), Susanne Martin (Editor), Martin Susanne (Editor), Leonard B. Weinberg (Editor), Weinberg Leonard B. (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 22.07.2013
• EAN: 9780415705653
• ISBN: 978-0-415-70565-3
• No. of pages: 168
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > General, dictionaries; Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / Democracy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Peace, Politics & government, Political structures: democracy, Politics and government, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Elections & referenda, Political parties and party platforms, Pressure groups & lobbying, Liberalism & centre democratic ideologies, Centrist democratic ideologies, Elections and referenda / suffrage